Ebenezer W. Peirce

Ebenezer Weaver Peirce (10 April 1822-14 August 1902) was a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War.

Biography
Ebenezer Weaver Peirce was born in Assonet, Massachusetts in 1822, and he worked as a farmer, real estate speculator, historian, and genealogist before joining the state militia and rising to the rank of Brigadier-General. He commanded a militia regiment at the Battle of Big Bethel in 1861, and the defeat was blamed on his incompetence. In 1862, he was court-martialed for presenting burlesque shows to his troops, but he was later acquitted. He lost his right arm at the Battle of White Oak Swamp during the Seven Days Battles, and he later returned to command in November 1862 when he participated in the Siege of Knoxville. He later commanded a brigade at the Battle of Cold Harbor and the Siege of Petersburg, and he was discharged on 4 November 1864. In 1880, Peirce served on the Freetown Board of Selectmen, and he died in 1902.